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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South (1989)di Robert D. San Souci
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Good story to teach theme in literature. Appropriate story for elementary or middle school students. Creole folktale about two very different sisters, one sweet and kind, the other cruel and mean. The mother preferred the harsher sister and made the kinder Blanche, do all the work around the house. One day Blanche met an old strange woman in the woods that gave her very strict instructions and Blanche followed every one. In the end she was blessed for behaving with fine clothes and jewels. Her sister went to the old woman and inevitably didn't follow the old ladies instructions. She ended up being stung by bees and chased by a wolf, instead of receiving blessings. Blanche moved to the city and lived happily ever after with her new riches. The Talking Eggs is about a family, a mother and two sisters, who were poor and lived on a farm. The mother and older sister Rose were mean and lazy and made Blanche the younger sweet sister do all of the work. One day Blanche went to get water and encountered an old lady in the woods who was weak and needed water. Blanche gave her the water and returned home only to be beat and yelled at by her mother and sister for the water not being cold enough. Blanche ran into the woods and was taken in by the old woman, who brought her to her house. When they arrive to the house Blanche sees animals with two heads and watches the woman do what seems like magic. She stays the night and when she wakes the next morning the woman tells her to grab eggs from the barn but only the ones that tell her to take them and as she returns home to throw them over her right shoulder. In the barn there are pretty jeweled eggs and normal eggs. While Blanche is tempted by the jeweled eggs, the normal eggs are the ones that say to take them, so she does. As she walks home, she does as she is told and as she throws the eggs they turn into a carriage, gold coins, and nice clothes. When she returns home her mother and sister are jealous and hatch a plan to get their own eggs and then steal Blanche’s things and run away to the city together. When the sister goes to the old lady’s house, she is rude and doesn’t do as she is told, she ends up threatening the lady and makes her tell her where the eggs are. The old lady tells her what she told Blanche, but the sister does not listen and steals the jeweled eggs. As she throws them, they turn into snakes, wolves, bugs, and frogs and chase the mother and sister away. Blanche ends up taking her riches and moves to the big city remaining nice and generous always. I enjoyed reading this folktale, it reminded me of stories that my grandparents would tell me that they were told when they were little. This would be a good story to read to students to talk about the importance of being a kind person and how that benefits you in the long run. It would be a good story to use when introducing folktales to students. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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A Southern folktale in which kind Blanche, following the instructions of an old witch, gains riches, while her greedy sister makes fun of the old woman and is duly rewarded. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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As a young girl, a widow with two daughters lived in a poor farm. They hoped their luck would change so that they could be well-dressed and successful high-born ladies. Mean and cross, they and their mother loved to bully Blanche, the youngest child. She did all the work around the house and was severely punished for no reason. While performing the task of obtaining cold water, Blanche was found by an old lady dressed in a black garment. When she gave the old lady some cold water, the lady walked far into the woods.
When Blanche returned to nasty group, she cried and in despair, ran away. She found the old woman who treated her well. She was tested when asked not to laugh at what she will find at the elder woman's house. While she found some very silly things, still, she did not laugh.
After a period of time, she was told to return to her original home. but before leaving, she was told to collect eggs in the hen house. She was instructed only to take the eggs that said "Take me," Those that were heavily jeweled and gold and silver were to be left alone, and when they said "Don't Take Me," Blanche needed to heed the instructions. Told to toss the eggs over her shoulders one at a time, she received many treasures.
The wicked mother was able to gain information from Blanche regarding the treasures, and she and the other two daughters went to the house of the old lady. Laughing at the objects Blanche did not, and collecting all the eggs, Throwing them over their shoulders did not accomplish the gift of jewels, rather there were nasty animals that could harm them.
The end of the story: Blance left the wicked family and living the life of a grand lady. Whit for the remaining years of their lives, the mother and sisters tried, but never could find the old lady again. ( )